85% of the 1.3 billion citizens of China share only about 100 family names. There are 93 million people with the surname Wang! To alleviate the confusion, the Chinese government is considering new naming rules.

Under a new draft regulation released by the ministry of public security, parents will be able to combine their surnames for their children, a move that could open up 1.28 million new possibilities, the China Daily reported.

For instance, a father named Zhou and mother named Zhu could choose to call their child either Zhou, Zhu, Zhouzhu or Zhuzhou, the report added.

There are also many many people with the surname "Wong." As legend would have it, Cho En-Lai devised a methodology in the 1970's which seem simple enough and effective. By central degree, every Wong was listed and given a number. So, for example, a particular Mr. or Mrs. Wong would be Wong No. 7294117. This seemed ingenious and solved the problem, until people started answering the phone. Apparently, what would happen is this: A Wong would pick up the phone and start to answer "Wong Number..." and before Mr. Wong could finish stating his number... the caller would HANG UP!!!